Surveillance video showing six California University of Pennsylvania football players allegedly beating a man in October was played in court Monday at a preliminary hearing for the players.

Jonathan Barlow, D'Andre Dunkley, Rodney Gillin, Corey Ford, James Williamson, and Shelby Wilkerson faced a judge for a preliminary hearing. All charges, including aggravated assault, were held for trial.

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California Borough police said the men beat and stomped 30-year-old Lewis Campbell outside Spuds restaurant. The fight allegedly began when one of the football players, Ford, made comments to Campbell's girlfriend.

Campbell was knocked unconscious and suffered brain trauma and a cracked skull in the attack.

The surveillance video came from a security camera at a flower shop next to Spuds. It shows Campbell being knocked to the ground. At least four people then appear to kick him.

In a separate cell phone video, the alleged attackers can be heard yelling "Squad! Squad! Football team on deck!"

Defense attorneys said the video doesn't clear up who delivered the blows.

"It's such a weak video, it's such an unclear video, that I think the video in this instance is actually going to be what helps our case," said Nicole Nino, the attorney for Jonathan Barlow.

Witnesses also testified during the hearing, but at times offered conflicting accounts.

"There was one common theme in those witnesses," said Blaine Jones, lawyer for Rodney Gillin. "They cannot identify my client, number one. And number two, there were complete inconsistencies."

Lawyers also suggested Campbell was the aggressor who threatened to kill the men and claimed to have a gun.

"We have witnesses that we're prepared to call that have a very different version of events. That indicate this gentleman was the aggressor. And he's a grown man, 30-years-old trying to fight these 19-year-olds," said Dunkley's lawyer David J. Shrager. "Anybody who watches that video can see that man was trying to fight."